The Forgiver
40. Ghāfir
غافر
Page #475
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مِن
دُونِ
اللَّهِ
قَالُوا
ضَلُّوا
عَنَّا
بَل
لَّمْ
نَكُن
نَّدْعُو
مِن
قَبْلُ
شَيْئًا
كَذَلِكَ
يُضِلُّ
اللَّهُ
الْكَافِرِينَ
min dūni llāhi qālū ḍallū ʿannā bal lam nakun nadʿū min qablu shayʾan ka-dhālika yuḍillu llāhu l-kāfirīna
"In derogation of Allah?" They will reply: "They have left us in the lurch: Nay, we invoked not, of old, anything (that had real existence)." Thus does Allah leave the Unbelievers to stray.
— Abdullah Yusufali
besides Allah?’ They will say, ‘They have forsaken us. No, we did not invoke anything before.’ That is how Allah leads the faithless astray.
